Senate Republicans kill party's own push for 2016 presidential primary
An apparent disagreement among Republicans led a Senate panel Monday to reject the party’s own push to create a presidential primary in 2016.
View ArticleRepublican senator restores funding for school breakfast subsidy
Sen. Keith King poses during the first regular session of the 68th Colorado General Assembly. (Joe Amon, Denver Post file) A Republican state senator who’s also a school principal restored funding...
View ArticleDemocratic senator to woman pushing recall: “I am Evie Hudak”
CGA Sen. Evie Hudak When Sen. Evie Hudak went grocery shopping a week ago Saturday she saw a woman with a big sign saying “Recall Hudak,” and so she approached her. “I walked up to see who it was, to...
View ArticleJubilation on the House floor as students learn they have won a Daniels...
Around 30 metro-area semifinalists for the Daniels Scholarship thought they were coming to the House this morning to hear a resolution recognizing the scholarship program. Lynn Bartels Michelle...
View ArticleFormer Denver Mayor Bill Vidal to speak today to Senate panel about...
Former Denver Mayor Guillermo “Bill” Vidal was invited by Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont to testify today before the committee about the new bipartisan immigration bill....
View ArticleDenver council announces composting for city hall, but what about the rest of...
Denver City Council on Friday sent out a press release saying that composting has come to the City and County Building, meaning staffers in the building will be able to compost their food scraps and...
View ArticleColorado elections bill gets personal as fliers link Republican clerks to Obama
The partisan fight over Colorado’s election system is getting personal, my friend, Charles Ashby, at the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported this weekend. Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Sheila...
View ArticleAndrew Romanoff is in the building, so are other former lawmakers
Lynn Bartels Former Sens. Mark Hillman and Nancy Spence and former Rep. Joe Rice were at the Capitol Friday. So where others who once served under the Gold Dome. Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff...
View ArticleDenver mayoral appointee dies suddenly, Mayor Hancock: ‘our hearts are broken’
Paul Ryan, who was the director of regional affairs for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, died Saturday after a sudden illness had hospitalized him. Paul Ryan, the director of regional affairs for Denver...
View ArticleTom Tancredo’s eerie 2008 presidential ad that foreshadows the Boston...
WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Tom Tancredo made a video in his 2008 presidential election bid warning of “spineless politicians” who are not doing enough to protect the borders and what can happen. The...
View ArticleDemocrats’ election bill clears House on party-line vote, heads to the Senate
A wide-ranging elections measure spearheaded by Democrats passed through the Colorado House Friday on a party-line vote with staunch opposition from Republicans. At its core, the measure would send...
View ArticleDemocratic-leaning poll gives Hickenlooper, Udall rosy re-election outlooks...
Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post A Democratic-leaning poll gives Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Sen. Mark Udall good news ahead of their 2014 elections. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and...
View ArticleSaturday session: House says it’s likely, Senate says not this week
The Denver Post Late nights, long debates. Welcome to the 2013 session. The finger pointing continued today at the Colorado legislature over a crowded and crazy workload that has lawmakers working late...
View ArticleRep. Ed Perlmutter pushes Facebook privacy amendment to no avail
Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat, pushed a measure Thursday that would have prevented employers from accessing social media passwords to vet employment. WASHINGTON...
View ArticleDenver Mayor Michael Hancock heads to Africa for airport conference, visit to...
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is heading to Africa next week to participate in the Airport Cities World Conference in South Africa and for a goodwill trip to Nairobi, Kenya, with Denver Councilman Albus...
View ArticleCraig Hughes, Democratic political operative, headed to national firm
Craig Hughes/Photo from RBI Strategies Craig Hughes, a powerful Colorado Democratic operative, is leaving the Denver-based political firm RBI Strategies to spearhead a local branch of the national firm...
View ArticleSenate universal background checks bill goes down, both Bennet and Udall vote...
WASHINGTON — Despite heavy lobbying from the White House and painstaking negotiations between some Republicans and Democrats, a pivotal amendment to expand background checks for gun purchases failed in...
View ArticleHouse Speaker Mark Ferrandino: We’ll work weekends if we have to
CGA Speaker Mark Ferrandino House Speaker Mark Ferrandino said Wednesday there is a “90 percent chance” lawmakers will have to work over the weekend to clear a backlogged calendar — but Republicans and...
View ArticleHouse to debate on all-mail elections, as bipartisanship appears to have a no...
The legislation that could either modernize, economize and simplify the state’s election system — or open it up to voter fraud, depending on who you believe — is expected to go to the floor of the...
View ArticleDenver Mayor Michael Hancock to honor 30 students who have overcome obstacles
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock Wednesday will honor 30 Denver young people who have overcome adversity to achieve success in the annual Mayor’s Youth Awards ceremony. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, seen...
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